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New Jersey and Virginia Women Candidates 2005

New Jersey and Virginia women candidates running in the general election for 2005 are listed below.
A list of all women who ran in the primaries, winners and losers, is available here.

Seat Code: C = challenger; I = incumbent; I/U = incumbent unopposed; O = open seat;
      O? = potentially open seat after primary vote
Link to candidate web site provided where available.

New Jersey Women Candidates
33 (18D, 15R)
Office District Name
Party
Seat
Won/Lost
Assem. 5 Nilsa Cruz-Perez
D
I/U
WON
Assem. 6 Pamela Rosen-Lampitt
D
O
WON
Assem. 6 JoAnn R. Gurenlian
R
O
Lost
Assem. 9 Dolores J. Coulter
D
C
Lost
Assem. 10 Joni Jones
D
C
Lost
Assem. 12 Jennifer Beck
R
C
WON
Assem. 13 Amy Handlin
R
O
WON
Assem. 14 Linda Greenstein
D
I
WON
Assem. 15 Bonnie Watson Coleman
D
I
WON
Assem. 17 Catherine Barrier
R
C
Lost
Assem. 22 Linda Stender
D
I
WON
Assem. 22 Elyse Bochicchio-Medved
R
C
Lost
Assem. 22 Nancy Malool
R
C
Lost
Assem. 23 Janice L. Kovach
D
O
Lost
Assem. 23 Marcia A. Karrow
R
O
WON
Assem. 24 Alison Littell McHose
R
I
WON
Assem. 25 Janice Schindler
D
C
Lost
Assem. 26 Avery Hart
D
C
Lost
Assem. 26 Kathleen Lynch-McCabe
D
C
Lost
Assem. 28 Barbara Dennis
R
C

Lost

Assem. 28 Ana Pizutelli
R
C
Lost
Assem. 29 Elaine L. Guarino
R
C
Lost
Assem. 31 Rita A. Howard
R
O
Lost
Assem. 32 Joan Quigley
D
I
WON
Assem. 33 Alejandria Rodriguez
R
C
Lost
Assem. 34 Sheila Y. Oliver
D
I
WON
Assem. 35 Nellie Pou
D
I
WON
Assem. 35 Deborah Shortway
R
C
Lost
Assem. 37 Valerie Huttle
D
O
WON
Assem. 38 Joan M. Voss
D
I
WON
Assem. 39 Josephine Higgins
D
C
Lost
Assem. 39 Charlotte Vandervalk
R
I
WON
Assem. 40 Jane Bidwell
D
C
Lost

Virginia Women Candidates
Office District Name
Party
Seat
Won/Lost
   
Statewide Office
   
Lt. Gov.   Leslie L. Byrne
D
O
Lost
 
State Legislative Office

20 (12D, 7R, 1I)
Del. 02 Linda G. Tiller
R
C
Lost
Del. 06 Anne B. Crockett-Stark
R
C
WON
Del. 07 Barbara M. Chrisley
D
C
Lost
Del. 22 Kathy J. Byron
R
I/U
WON
Del. 29 Beverly J. Sherwood
R
I/U
WON
Del. 39 Vivian E. Watts
D
I
WON
Del. 44 Kristen J. Amundson
D
I
WON
Del. 51 Michele B. McQuigg
R
I
WON
Del. 52 Hilda M. Barg
D
C
Lost
Del. 63 Rosalyn R. Dance
D
I
WON
Del. 68 Katherine B. Waddell
I
C
WON
Del. 71 Jennifer L. McClellan
D
O/U
WON
Del. 75 Roslyn C. Tyler
D
O
WON
Del. 81 Terrie L. Suit
R
I/U
WON
Del. 84 Supriya Christopher
D
O
Lost
Del. 87 Paula J. Miller
D
I
WON
Del. 92 Jeion A. Ward
D
I
WON
Del. 95 Mamye E. BaCote
D
I/U
WON
Del. 96 Melanie L. Rapp
R
I/U
WON
Del. 99 Linda M. Crandell
D
O
Lost
         

 


  

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